Kanye West Posts Touching Tribute to His Mother for Her Birthday

It’s been more than eight years since the death of Kanye West’s mother Donda, and early Wednesday morning, he remembered her with a simple but touching Twitter post to celebrate her birthday. She would have turned 67 on Tuesday.

Sharing a picture of the two of them together, Kanye wrote, “NORI ASKED IF THE AIRPLANE COULD TAKE HER TO HEAVEN TO SEE YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, I LOVE YOU MOM.”

Over the years, Kanye has spoken out about Donda’s life and tragic death a number of times. Back in June 2015, he expressed extreme guilt about her death, telling Q, “If I had never moved to L.A. she’d be alive…I don’t want to go far into it because it will bring me to tears.” He also got a tattoo of her birthday—along with his daughter North’s birthday—in 2015, and of course, the name of his creative company DONDA is a tribute to her legacy.